Hair-net.



A. BURNET & H. TEMPLE.

HAIR NET.

APPLICATION FILED NOY.12,1908.

91 7,538 Patented Apr. 6, 1909.

IINITEI) FATE I @ITFIQE.

ALEXANDER BURNET AND HERBERT TEMPLE, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

r 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALEXANDER BURNET and HERBERT TEMPLE, residing at 3 Fitchetts {Your-t, Noble street, in the city of London, E. (1, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair-Nets and We do hereby declare the folloning to he a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as ill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention consists in improvements in hair nets, or nets intended for use in the coifi ure.

It has for its object a net that if Woven in a straight flat piece "vaiil upon being slightly stretched assume a bag or convex shape between the points of tension, which feature enables the net to be used and secured to the coifl'ure in a manner hitherto impossible but r. hich is a great improvement upon existing methods.

It is carriedv out as follows, reference being made to the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1. is a View of the net shoeing method of Weaving. Fig. 2. shows detail of loose knotting. Fig. 3. shows the eiiect of stretching upon the net. Fig. 4. shows the arrangement of net for use. Fig. 5. shows the pin used for attaching the net to the coii'l'ure. Fig. 6. SilO'fl'S how the net is Worn.

In the drawings 1 is the net, this is constructed with diminishing mesh toward the top part 2, which may, for the sake of economy be contracted at this point, it is woven in mesh Yvl'i'dl a double thread twisted as at 3, see Fig. 2. In place of the usual knot employed in the ordinary nets are merely inter-lace the'strands as shown at l, so that in a small degree the threads forming the sides of the loops can slip, see Fig. 2 in the event of the net so formed being pulled the threads tend to slip, between the points of tension. This has the effect of causing the twists to become tighter in the direction of pull, which makes the net bulge or assume a convex shape as shown in Fig. 3. In order Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 12, 1908.

Patented April 6, 1909.

Serial No. 62,309.

to accentuate this tendency the net is finished with a coating of cellulose, or equivalent suitable dressing Which tends to coagulate the threads and cause them to reassume their proper place after bagging. It also enables the net to be cut into lengths when woven without the ends fraying out when the tension is relieved. The threads are preferably of silk or an admixture thereof, when the net can be machine Woven, but human hair can be employed in which case the net is Woven by hand.

In order to use a net constructed as above to the best effect, the top or contracted end 2, is bunched and tied in a small knot 5, see Fig. 4. A hair pin 6, Fig. 5, formed as shown, is slipped over the knot and the pin inserted completely within the coifiure as shown in Fig. 6. The net is then arranged radially from the knotted end over the hair, and gathered in at the sides with ordinary hair pins. The said hair pins are placed so as to give a slight pull on the net Where the net is required-to bulge, so that it can be arranged to conform closely to the outlines of any particular style. In this manner the net is made practically invisible, and by reason of the ease of fixture and withdrawal, of long life.

We claim A hair-net comprising strands arranged crosswise of each other in two series, each strand being formed of two loosely twisted threads, the portions of the threads which constitute single loops in one series of strands being arranged to pass through adjacent loops formed by the threads of the other series oi strands, and the said crossed strands being slidable with respect to each other.

In testimony whereof We a'l'lix our signatures, in presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER BURNET. HER-BERT TEMPLE.

vi itnesses II. II. ELLIOTT, I H. D. JAMIsoN. 

